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The memoirs of J. Decastro, comedian. In the course of them will be given anecdotes of various eminently distinguished characters... Amongst others are Dr. Johnson, Garrick, Foote,...accompanied by an analysis of the life of the late Philip Astley. Also an accompanying History of the Royal circus, now the Surrey theatre; and an historical sketch of Sadler's Wells. Likewise scarce theatrical advertisements, from Garrick's first attempt in Goodman's-Fields... To which will be added The origin of poetry; A chapter on Bent's, &c...

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The memoirs of J. Decastro, comedian. In the course of them will be given anecdotes of various eminently distinguished characters... Amongst others are Dr. Johnson, Garrick, Foote,...accompanied by an analysis of the life of the late Philip Astley. Also an accompanying History of the Royal circus, now the Surrey theatre; and an historical sketch of Sadler's Wells. Likewise scarce theatrical advertisements, from Garrick's first attempt in Goodman's-Fields... To which will be added The origin of poetry; A chapter on Bent's, &c...

by
DeCastro, Jacob, b. 1758; Humphreys, R

Publication date
Topics
Astley, Philip, 1742-1814, Actors and actresses, Theater
Publisher
London : Sherwood, Jones, & co.
Collection
cdl; americana
Contributor
University of California Libraries
Language
English
Item Size
362.1M
xx, 279, [1] p. 18 cm
Addeddate
2008-12-05 20:43:30
Associated-names
Humphreys, R
Call number
SRLFTOUCLA:LAGE-963040
Camera
Canon 5D
Collection-library
SRLFTOUCLA
External-identifier
urn:oclc:record:1048804535[WorldCat (this item)]
Foldoutcount
1
Identifier
memoirsofjdecast00deca
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t21c28d6s
Identifier-bib
LAGE-963040
Lccn
17030856
Ocr_converted
abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.37
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